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he merits of the case, we find his seriousness, if pos.. sihle, more farcical than his hazy dreams of wit. The Noble Lord is reported to have said, " The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had observed that he should like tol,now whether this country was really at war or not ? That question had often been asked by Hon. Genele men who were as capable of answering it as he (Lord Palmerston) could be presumed to he. Any one at all conversant with the principles of international law must know that we were a uxiliaries of the Queen, and not principals in the war." - If the expressions of this very shallow person be correctly reported, we are content to take him at his word ; and we beg to say, that any one " at all conservant. with the principles of inter national law"---any one mindful of the part w hich England has always taken whenever she deemed her interference necessary—any one sensible of the en nobling sentiment of national pride, must feel, that, if we are really to be considered auxiliaries of the Queen of Spain, we ought Without delay to , e mancipate our selves from the skulking policy of Lord Palmerston, and to adopt the language of his great predecessor, who, with reference to another part of the Peninsida, stated, that where the flag of British independence was planted there invasion should not come. But this de cision, so characteristic of true genius, it would per haps be unfair to expect from the merest mediocrity. Still, we are justified in an expression of surprise that even Lord Palmerston should have sought to palliate the atrocity of the Durango decree. Will any one doubt that the grossest possible outrage on British na tionality was contained in that decree ? And how does the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affhirs treat the document in question ? He tells us that the order was issued by General Evans as an officer in the Spanish service, and that as the English Government could have no cognizance of it, they could not be held responsible for it. Lord Palmerston prettily s impered forth, that he was "no lawyer," and could not precisely say of what crime British subjects fighting against General Evans would be guilty. And he added, that " the very mention of English law showed that General Evans never contem plated the infliction of punishment in Spain." Any one who has' read the decree, or who has paid the s mallest attention to the conflict between the Christinos and the Carlists, wilt .1t once see the shallow nonsense here put forward by.Lorcl Palmerston ; for unless General Evans by the Durango decree intended to inflict summary punishment on Britisi: subjects in the service of Don Carlos, it is quite clear that his manifestomeantnothing i whatever. The notion.thattish subjects so serving would on their return; to England be tried for high treason and punished accordingly, is too ridiculous for the understanding of the most Whig-Radical ,Dortion of the Westminster "rump." However, it is va to attempt any unsettlement of the self-satisfied notion of the Foreign Secretary. He himself is reported to have said, that "it had been asserted that the moral influence of England had suffered much since he had filled the Foreign-office. If so, why had they been made arbitrators in the most i m portant quarrel which had recently occurred in Europe ?" Cannot this vain man perceive that whatever of the moral influence has been sacrificed is attributable to his effeminate management, and that whatever of that influence remains is to be accounted for by the indomitable energy and salient vigour of the country, whose influence even he cannot utterly de stroy ? Towards the close of his speech on Friday night he is represented to have stated,- that owing to the general confidence in those dispensations by which human affairs are governed, he could not bring himself to think that the cause of Don Carlos could prosper. It may be remembered that the Ministerial journals attempted, though with small success, to cast ridicule on the expression of Sir R. Peel, that the Peers were' responsible to God. We .have already stated that we consider that responsibility more awful and binding than any which mob-popularity could impose. But if we are to .cavil about terms, we beg to ask whether Lord Palmerston attempting to identify his foreign policy with the providential rule of the universe be not the most presumptuous and in effably ridiculous assumption by which human vanity was ever yet deluded ? The fact is, that not one point of the very able speech of Mr. Maclean was touched upon in the sO-called reply of Lord Palmerston. Will the Noble Lord, at his leisure, be good enough to give an answer to this simple question put by Mr. Maclean —" What, he should like to know, had this country to do with the quarrels - of the people of Spain, or the rivalries of a disputed succession ? It was a question which the people of Spain alone had a right to decide ; and what had been the consequences of our inter vention ? Had the slightest advantage been obtained by the pouring out of so much British treasure, and the shedding of so muck British blood ?" In this short passage the Hon. Member for Oxford has put the whole question on its proper footing. The English people have nothing whatever to do with the question of the Spanish succession. But, conceding for a mo ment that we were nationally and justifiably interested • in the question, then undoubtedly no course could be adopted more undignified, more calculated to lower the moral influence of this country, than that pursued by Lord Palmerston ; and, however confident his Lord ship may feel in that arrangement of human affairs which he told the House would of necessity prove fatal to the cause of Don Carlos, we and all other practical men have a right to demand from the person filling the office and receiving the salary of Foreign Secretary some distinct and definite announcement in a matter so important as this, involving, as it does, our position and influence as an European Power. We are by no moans anxious that Lord Palmerston should give him self tire trouble of attempting an enlarged and states man-like view of public questions, but we think it in cumbent on him to abstain from the silly affectations and shallow puerilities to which we have alluded, so long as he continues in the a dministration of an impor tant public office.—Times. Lord 'Melbourne is reported to have said to the Noble Lords on the Opposition side of the House, on the last evening of their sitting, that of late they had appeared to legislete under the influence of fear, which influence was .unfavourable to the clearness of their mental Vision. It i$ stated also that this remark re ceived the tittering approbation of the "small party" of Lord Melbourne's political friends who sit on the .saine side of the House with hhil. When presumption is wisdom, and to laugh at it is wit, we may find sornethine; to approve in this language attributed to the Minister, and the reception of it by his scanty hand of supporters—but not until then. But as even the tossing up of a straw may be of use to show which way the wind blows ; or the falling of an apple from a tree, if it lead to reflection upon the law of Nature which causes that fall, and the circumstances that at tend it ; so we may find, even in the petulant frivolity of Lord Melbourne, an occasion for useful observation applicable to the present state of public affairs. Fear is net, in the abstract, either wicked or contemp ' tible. Its Taality depends upon the source Iron. which it sowings —upon the object which inspires it. Not to tbvell upon that hallowed fear which the inspired wise man has called " the beginniug of wisdom," who does DCA know, that to fear to do wrong—to violate a sound prieciple, to purchase a present convenience or plea sure b' the sacrifice of an ascertained rule of moral or political virtue, is in the highest degree honourable ? Who does not know that to fear to do a base thingis the very opposite of baseness? We admit that, among men of the world, such immorality as they do not practice, is more frequently avoided through scorn of its meanness than fear of its guilt ; and we are glad to have the good that follows, even horn the in ferior motive ; but that it is inferior, is as certain, as as that the sentiment of pride is a less noble and a less worthy motive of action than the sense of duty. According to this view of the matter, which we humbly submit to be that which true religion enjoins, and true philosophy approves, there is nothing to be ashamed of in having acted from fear, until the nature of that fear being investigated, it turns out to be unworthy ; nor is it by any means true that fear necessarily ob scureseor distorts the sight of the mind. A reason able fear is, perhaps, more than anything else an assistant to mental perspicuity. What indeed else is the thing called " caution," of which we all approve? it h On the other hand, to be without it, is to be insane. f -*Pf " When valour preys on reason, j i ' It eats the sword it fights with." is something worse than this—namely, the ,:. - affectation of it, nhich cowards put on to conceal from .~~ the world that Which they can scarcely conceal from themselves, to coyer the baseness which squats toad like upon their hearts, and makes them loathsome to their own souls. Conscience will sometimes break in with its piercint light upon the foulest recesses of a fallen man's mind, and show him what a gross place he has allowed it to become ; but too often pride will come and put out the light, but not the recollection of it ; that will remain, and. in the fear lest others should perceive it, a . ktering affectation will be put on, and fear itself %via beget a charge of fear against others. If, under any eirciimstances, sneering were a proper s ubstitute for argument, in a place of such dignity as the Upper House of Parliament ought to be, the re proach of fear—fear of an unmistakeably abject cha racter—might well be retorted upon the Ministerial party. The Conservatives may fear to sacrifice the Protestant religious .establishment to the demands of Roman Catholies-Lthey may fear to give up principles of the Constitution, which the whole scope and ten dency of the political law of the country teaches them to consider themselves bound to defend.. It may be a inciter of conscience to fear to do these things, which the spirit the time has suggested to reckless inno vators, and the want of spirit on the part Of the Ministers of the Crown, has allowed to get into a position of formi dable advancement. This is not dishonourable fear. But what shall be said of Ministers, whose every act almost is admitted to be the result of a " pressure" from some influential quarter or another, which they are afraid to resist. Lord Melbourne himself endeavours to convey to the House that which appears to be reluctance, even when he asks them to pass the measures to which his Administration has consented. He presents a Bill to the House, with expressions which convey that he is sorry it must be so ; but the strength of the influence which demands it is such that it cannot be helped. Now, the meaning of this is, merely, that the parties who support him would support him no longer, if he did not propose these innovations, to which he is re luctant ; and, through dread of his Government being overthrown, he does himself, and asks others to do, that which even his own mind does not contemplate with approbation. Is this a man to taunt others with fear? Whether it is more honourable to fear to do what conscience disapproves, or to fear to lose the reins of government, and the personal advantages, or honours, or whatever they should be called, which ac company the ; possession of office? Is not the fear to lose such advantages the basest kind of necessity which could fall upon a public man ? " Intactis opulentior Thesauris Arabum, et divitis Caemcntis licet occupes Tyrrhenum omne tuis et mare Apulicum ; Si figit adamantinos Summis verticibus dira necessitas Clavos ; non animum metu Non mortis laqueis expedies caput." With what reason, sense, or consistency, can Lord Melbourne twit his opponents with fear ; since upon almost all occasions his object in the House, and that of 'his partisans out of the House, is to call upon their Lordships to partake his fear? Nothing is more un usual than to find on the Ministerial side any argu ment in favour of a particular measure upon its own merits. It is not attempted to show that the measures are good, but if they are not " conceded," great danger to those who refuse the concession is at hand. It is maintained that the Conservatives in the House of Lords do not fear so much as they ought. They are told, that they are blindly obstinate, rushing upon their own destruction ; and yet the head of the party which uses this sort of language, when it expects to wrest from the fears of Noble Lords that which their duty and honour forbid them to yield, is himself the man to taunt these Noble Lords with fear ; and his friends en courage this consistency by their laughter. We are really tempted to inquire, when we read this, whether ..Lard..Nelbourne's supporters were laughing with him or laughing at him. The latter would certainly be more natural ; but the light reproof of ridicule is not enough for conduct so unworthy of a Nobleman and a Minister.—Morning Herald. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at three o'clock. TRINITY (NORTH* LEITH) HARBOUR. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from 236 merchants and traders of Edinburgh in favour of the Trinity (North Leith) Harbour Bill. Mr. POULTER moved the second reading of the Trinity (North Leith) Harbour Bill. The ATTORNEY GENERAL would feel it his duty to oppcse the second reading. He was given to under stand that the Standing Orders of the House would not be suspended in favour of this Bill, and that it would not be brought forward again. He would move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr.'"POULTER defended the Bill. It had been con fided to him in the absence of Sir A. L. Hay, and he did not think that any opposition would be now offered to it. Mr. R. STEWART would feel it his duty to oppose the Bill. -He did not think, after the unanimous feeling of the House expressed on the former occasion, that it would have been again introduced. Mr. POULTER said if the merits of the Bill were to be discussed, he should claim the indulgence of the House. Mr. LEADER complained of the unfair and harrassing opposition which the promoters of the Bill had had to contend with, both from that and the other side of the House. He should support the second reading, because there wa3 no opposition to the principle of the measure either in that or the other House, and because it had been lost on a former occasion, not from any objection to its me rits, but from a mere technical error. Dr. BOWRING thought it would be great injustice to the promoters of the Bill not to allow it to proceed. Mr. LABOUCIIERE felt it due to his lion. and Gal lant Friend (Sir A. L. Hay) to state that it was understood, after the decision of the Chair had been given, that he did not mean to press the suspension of. the Standing Orders ; but his Hon. and Gallant Friend by no means gave up the Bill altogether--(Hear, hear.) Although he thought it right to say so much, he must add that it was a perfectly hopeless task of the promoters of the Bill to go on at that 'advati'eed period of the session. •The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that, on the second reading of a Bill, any Hon. Member was per fectly competent to discuss its merits. The understanding in his opinion was; that the Bill should not be proceeded with. ....... Mr. AGLIONBY did not think it quite fair in the op ponents of the Bill to come forward at that stage ; they should have made their objection when it was introduced to the House. He contended that they were not now at liberty to discuss the question of the suspension of the Standing Orders. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. POULTER severally explained. iMr. WILKS strenuously supported the Bill, which he said was now about to he rejected from local and corpo rate influence being used against it.—(Question.) Sir E. CODRINGTON also supported the Bill. - Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House .divided,- when the numbers were— . For the second reading - . , Against it.. Majority against the second reading —l The Bill is consequently lost. LEITH AND NEWHAVEN RAILWAY. On the motion of the LORD-ADVOCATE, the I f eith and Newhaven Railway was read a third time and passed. HALF-PAY OFFICERS. An HON. MEmßEit begged to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman below him, the Secretary of the Treasury, whether be meant, in the observations he had made a few evenings since, to state that all the officers of the army and navy dismissed his Majesty's service had been dismissed for mis conduct ? The statement had occasioned considerable an noyance to many most respectable ithiividua!s. Mr. C. WOOD believed what he had stated was cor rectly reported, and regretted that any observations which had fallen from him had given pain to any individual. He had mer.nt to say that the cases brought forward by his Hon. and Gallant Friend behind him (Sir E. Codrington) were those of individuali who had been dismissed for conduct, but he had never intended to apply the observation to all the officers dismissed his Majesty's service. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day• for the third reading of the Registration of Voters' Bill. Mr. SINCLAIR, as we unerstood, objected to public business being brought on so early as half-past three o'clock. Lord J. RUSSELL said three o'clock had been fixed for proceeding with the Bill. SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES. Mr. OSWALD begged to know whether his Majesty's Government intended to take any steps with reference to that important question, in consequence of the-Scotch Uni- . vcrsitierf Bill havinm been withdrawn in the other House?. Lord J. RUSSELL said his Majesty's Government were most anxious to carry into effect the reforms recommended in Scotland, but they had not yet decided upon any plan for that purpose. GREEK LOAN. Mr. ROBINSON begged to know when his Majesty's Government intended to . bring forward the Greek Loan Bill? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should not move it before the House went. into a Committee of Supply. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' RILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that this Bill be read, a third ,time. The Noble Lord stated that 'Since the proposal of the names of those who were'to act as Regis trars, two gentlemen bad declined performing that office, Mr. Rogers and Mr. Alexander, instead of whom, with the approbation of the Attorney-General, be should propose. Mr. Russett Gurney and Mr. Edward Winslow. Mr. AGLIONI3Y said that since the passing of Col., Davis's 'Act, which provided that certain persons who should act as county-clerks, agents, &c., should not be en titled to vote ; many persons were in the habit of voting, trusting to a petitio❑ being presented thereafter against the return. He, therefore, in order to extend the provisions Of that Act passed in the reign of George IV., should . tnove that such persons be subjected to a penalty not ex ce!2ding 1001. nor less than 10/., the amount to be ,ascer r tained by the verdict of a jury. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered this clause ought to be adopted for the law ;• as it at present stood in this respect, it was a perfect dead letter. Th. 2 Earl of LINCOLN considered the clause that had. been moved had nothing whatever to do with the Bill fore the House. - A clause affecting the right ,of voting .aught not to be mixed up with a Bill which only affected practice of registration.. Mr. ROBINSON thought the clause was closely Con nected with the provisions of the Bill then before the House. _ _ _ Mr. WILKS agreed with the Noble Lord (Lincoln) that it was inconvenient that Acts relating to one subject should have clauses inserted in them relating to another Although he should not object to a separate Bill, giv ing effect to the object of the Clause that had been. moved, yet he did think it was inconvenient when they were dealing with a Bill affecting the registration of voters to in sert a provision as to what should be the proceeding at elections. Lord J. RUSSELL considered the Clause that had been moved did properly belong to the Act, because it was rendered necessary in consequence of their establishing a system of registration by the present Bill. Formerly, if a person before the election, or at the time of the election, took upon himself to be an agent, that would have been stated at the time of the poll, and the vote of the person would have been refused ; but now, if they adopted a sys tem of registration, though the party might not be disquali fied at the time time of being registered, yet he might at the time of the election. Mr. C. Ross and Mr. PRAED opposed the clause. Sir T. FREMANTLE agreed with the Noble Lord (Lincoln) that this was a very bad precedent—it was quite irregular, as the clause bad no analogy to the Bill, and no one would ever think of looking in this Bill for a clause im posing such a penalty ; it was, in fact, a trap or snare for the voters. The clause went through Committee, and was added to the Bill without a division. Mr. TREVOR moved a clause to enable freemen to re gister, who had not been on the lists for more than two years in consequence of holding a Government situation. In the town he represented the Postmaster was a freeman, and not registered ; surely he should not be disfranchised on that account. He proposed that one year should be allowed to such persons for registration after quitting their situations. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no objection to the clause —but perhaps the Noble Lord opposite (Lincoln) might object to it, as having no analogy to the Bill.—(A laugh.) The clause went through a Committee, and was added to the Bill. The Earl of LINCOLN could not allow this clause to pass without stating his opinion upon the Bill. He was ready to admit that tie gentlemen who had been proposed were unobjectionable, but still he felt himself bound to oppose the clause on principle. Lord J. RUSSELL said that it, could not be expected that persons would be free from political partialities, but he thought that upon this question all parties were agreed. Sir T: FREM A.NTLE did not object to the names, but he objected to these alterations being made in the list of names without notice. The Noble Lord (Russell) ought to have ascertained whether these gentlemen were willing to accept the office before they were appointed. It appeared that he did not do so, and they were called upon on the third reading to insert new names, when it was im possible to know who they were. They ought to see them in print before the names were inserted. Lord J. RUSSELL could only repeat that he adopted the present plan at the su g gestion of the Right Hon. Baro net (Sir R. Peel), and had completed it with the concur rence of the Hon. and Learned Member for Huntingdon. Mr. C. ROSS said that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), had only a choice of evils. The alteration was then agreed to, and the name of Winslow was inserted instead of Alexander. On clause 65 being put, Mr. PRAED proposed to insert certain words, the efEct of which would be to reserve the right of voting to persons who had been in occupation for a certain time. Mr. WARBURTON opposed the amendment. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House di vided, when the numbers were— For the clause 72 For the amendment 24 Majority ••• —4B On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. PRAED opposing the names inserted in the Bill to. form the Revising Barristers' Court. For the proposed salary he thought more talented men than those named might have been obtained. He did not think the new System would work so well as the old one, for then the registration took place when there was nothing doing-, and therefore it was no sacrifice for a barrister of considerable practice to accept the situation, which they Would not now do. He would feel it his duty to divide the House against the passing of the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had not suggested a single name of those contained in the Bill, but as the selec tion was, in his opinion, the best whichcould be made, lie was quite willing to take the responsibility of the whole upon himself.—(Hear.) How was it possible to please the Hon. Member for Yarmouth when he objected to the pointmcnt of his own brother—(Laughter)--who he had no doubt would do his duty most honourably. There could be no doubt that the Lord Chancellor would be the best judge of the proper persons to be appointed. Mr. PRAED said that with respect to the observa- tions which had been made relative to his brother, he had only to say that he was a barrister of long standing. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House di vided, when the numbers were— - For the Bill . Against it Majority The Bill wag accordingly passed. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that before he proceedei to move the further orders of the day, be wished to state the course which he meant to pursue with regard to three Bills on which amendments bad been made by the House of Lords. One was the Marriages Bill, another the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill, and the third Om Registration of Births Bill. With respect to the Marriages Bill and the Registration of Births, he was disposed to move that that House do agree to the amend ments made by the House of Lords in the Bill, as they did not affect the principles of the Bill as agreed to by this House. But with respect to the other Bill— the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill—if he were disposed to move, er rather if his Learned Friend were disposed to move, that they do agree to the amend ments made by the Lords, and on which their Lordships insisted, he would be ready to do so this evening. But as the Bill was of so much importance, and as the course which he intended to take was a different one—(Hear, hear)—he would move that the consideration of those amendments be postponed till to-morrow. At the same time, be would take the liberty to state, that although he felt the very great consequence and importance of the loss of this Bill, which contained so much of useful amend ment of the Corporation Act of last year, yet the clauses upon which the Lords insisted were in his (Lord John Russell's) opinion so objectionable, that he preferred the loss of this rather than agreeing to those clauses. He would therefore state to-morrow the reasons which induced him to move that this House do still disagree to the amend ments of the Lords.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Lord then moved that the consideration of the Lords' . amendments to the Municipal Corporation Amend ment Act be taken into consideration to-morrow. Mr. WI LKS would take the liberty of saying, that as to the Registration of Births Bill and the Marriages Bill, it was desirable the time should be fixed as nearly is possible, when they might come on for the consideration of the HOuse. Mr. CHARLTON said, that with respect to the Muni cipal Act Amendment Bill he wished to say one word. The poor people in the different almshouses were totally unprovided for, and no person was in a situation to pay them a single farthing. He, therefore, wished to know how the Noble Lord had proposed these poor people should be paid, between this time and the first day of next Term When the Government recollected of what importance this Bill was, he thought they would not endeavour to throw out the Lords' amendments. He should to-morrow move that the present Trustees remain in power until Parliament otherwise provides. lie did not think it possible that in the ; meantime the funds could be misapplied ; but surely the poor people were not to be left to starve. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Lord -Chan; celler had, even now, powers sufficient to afford redress, and Clem was no occasion for waiting till next term, for the Court of Chancery was open at all times. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of the above Bill. Sir R. INGLIS did not mean to oppose the Bill, but ai he thought the honour of the Crown and of the House was pledged to the passed chaplains, he trusted the Government would take the case into consideration. Mr. A. TREVOR agreed with his Hon. Friend, and he hoped ,justice would be done to those gentlemen. Mr. LENNARD had given notice of an amendment on this Bill, but would content himself with protesting atainst that part of the Bill which annexed stalls with the Bishoprics of Litchfield, London, Exeter, and Salisbury. The Noble Lord (J. Russell) bad not turned his attention to the reforms required in the Church ; he trusted he •wo dd do so now, and then they would be sure of a general mea - ntre of a very different character next Session. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that it was necessary to disturb what had been decided by the House after a long zesission. The was then read a third time and passed. A Message from the Lords brought up several Private Bilis, and also requested a Conference on the York and 'Exet(r Secular Jurisdiction Bill.—Agreed to. The Coaference t'len took place. On the return of the Members appointed to manage the confercpce, , • Lord J. RUSSELL appeared at the Bat:, and stated that they had met in conference with the other House of Parliament—the conference on the part of the Lords being managed by the Lord President of the Council on the Com mutation of Tithes Bill as amended—that their Lordships had insisted upon some amendments, and had '•agreed to iv up others. POST-OFFICE COMMISSIONERS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving the third reading of this Bill, stated that, in accor dance with a suggestion made on a former day, he had in serted a clause, fixing the amount of the salary to be re celvel by the Post-Office Commissioners.—(Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP asked what salary did the Bill pronose to fix ? Th 3 CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said 3,000/..for the First Commissioner, and 1,200 each for the others. _ Co'onel SIBTHORP said that the salary of the Seem 'ary of the Post Office had been 2,500/., whereas this Bill pro, ose 1 to give a sum of 4,800/. as the salaries of the three Commissioners. How this was consistent with the principle of economy he had yet to learn, although n 3 doubt the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer would reconcile it by some of his ministerial calculations. —( A laugh.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the salary of the Secretary of the Post Office, it was true, had been only 2,5001. a year, but then the emoluments had amounted to between 4,000/. and 5,0001. He had stated before that the constitution of that office re vired some change, and such had been stated in the Reports of Commissioners fur a great series of years— (Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. WILKES had stated in and out of the House that his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer was inclined too much to economy. Comparing the duties of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests with the duties of the Secretary to the Post Office, the general feeling was that the compensation was hardly sufficient.—(Hear.) In aiswer to a question put by Colonel SIBTHORPE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had the right to appoint to the place of Sir F. Freel:ng immediately upon his death, but they had not done so—they had left the office open, so that it might be dealt with by the Commissioners when they had formed their Board, and made enquiries as to the duty and necessity for a Secretary. In the course of a day or two more papers would be laid on the table of the House, which would enable the Hon. Ba- ronet to state in a more definitive form the objections he wished to urge. Sir T. FREMANTLE maintained that the question ought to be decided whether there sbou!d be one or two secretaries. Mr. Baring, Mr. Labouebere, Mr. Aglionby, and Col. Sibthorpe, made some observations. Mr. G. F. YOUNG thouht that the remunerations proposed to be given was greatly too large. Mr. A. TREVOR complained that this Bill was brought forward at so late a period of the Session. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. LIGHT-HOUSES BILL. On the motion of Mr. P. THOMPSON, the Lords' amendments to this Bill were agreed to. _ _ _ The Spirits (Excise) Duty Bill was read a third time, and passed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the Malt Duties (Ireland) Bill. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition fro:n e Chamber of Commerce of Dublin against the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished to say a few words with respect to the statements which had been made relative to this Bill out of doors. The Malt Duties in Ireland were much more evaded than in England, which was not only the cause of inconvenience and loss to the revenue, but was almost ruining the fair trader. Many of them had prayed for this Bill which had been drawn up under their sanction. If the parties inte rested said they were taken by surprise, it was not the part of the Government to force such a B:11 on, but then the responsibility of withdrawing the Bill would rest on those who applied to have it withdrawn. (LEFT SITTING. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat at ten minutes to five. The Turnpike Act Continuation Bill was read a third time and passed. Earl STRAFFORD presented a petition from Ardee, in Louth, praying for a repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. INDIA. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from Cal cutta, in the East Indies, agreed to at the first public meeting ever held in that place. The petitioners com plained that by the Act lately passed for the re gulation of the affairs of the East India Company, the interests of the inhabitants of India which it was it was intended to promote had been altogether overlooked. They also complained of the operation of the 43d section of that Act—that no natives had hitherto been appointed to civil situations ; that no provision had been made for the moral education of the people of that country ; and that discriminating duties upon tobacco, spirits, and sugar, were still permitted to continue. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). On the motion of Viscount DUNC A N NON the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. BERNAL and others from the Commons brought up a Message,, stating that an amendment, which appeared on the third reading of thb Secular Jurisdiction (York and Ely) Bill, did not form part of the Bill sent up from the other House. The same Messengers also brought .up the Caurch Temporalities (Ireland) Bill, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway Bill. Lord MELBOURNE moved that the message from the Commons relative to the Secular Jurisdiction York and Ely Bill be now taken into consideration.—Agreed to. COMMON FIELDS ENCLOSURE. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the Common Fields Enclosure Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Lord Torrington, the Bishop of Bristol, Lord Hatherton, and Lord Strafford. The managers of the Conference on the part of their Lordships having returned to the House after an absence of a few minutes, The LORD PRESIDENT reported that they had met the Commons in Conference, and had made the ameud ill-lents required in the Bill. Lord REDESD ALE presented a pCtition from Corn wall against the Stannaries' Courts Bill. The Valuation (Ireland) Bill went through a Com mittee. CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS. On the motion of Lord MELBOURNE, the following Peers were named to confer with the House of Commons on the Secular Jurisdiction York and Ely Bill—the Lord- President, the Lord Privy Seal, Earl of Albemarle, The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Macclesfield, against the Sale of Beer Bill. On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, the Turn pike Acts (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Marquis of WESTMEATH brought in a Bill for enabling the patrons of Livings to make presentations to Ecclesiastical benefices, which was read a first time. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND snme verbal amendments were' made in the Parochial Assessments which was then read a third time and passed. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Viscount MELBOURNE, in moving that the House do go into Committee on the Newspaper St amps Bill, would not trouble their Lordships with many observations, as the principle of the measure, which was to reduce the duty on Newspapers to one penny, was well known. He believed that there would be some falling off in the revenue in this branch which amounted to about 450,0001. a-year, but that would be nearly counterbalanced by the additional number of I newspapers that would be published, and the addi tional quantity of paper that would be consumed. In depodently of the general demand that had been made by the country to take off the tax.l!s upon knowledge, there had been-of late. a great increase in the contraband trade in newspapers, and it had been found that the legal newspapers which paid a duty of 4d. upon each sheet could not compete in point. of circulation with those which paid no stamp duty. The persons concerned in this contraband trade had been repeated' prosecuted, fined, and likewise- imprisoned, and yet the fraud upon the revenue still went on. There were only two unstamped papers to which the names of the bona fide proprietors were attached, and they had, alWugh watched with the greatest perseverance, continued-to.evale the law.—( Hear, hear.) It had been calculated that not less than 250,000 tmstamped paper's were weekly published, in the metropolis. It was to put an 'end . to„this state of things which was likely, if not checked, to - continue and increase ; that the present Bill had been introduced, and which he trusted would obtain the sanction of their Lordships. The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and the clauses up to 10 were agreed to without observa tion. On clause 11 being read, Lord LYNDHURST wluld feel it his duty to oppose tl:e clause now under consideration, as well as the following clause and Sche.lule B annexed to the Bill, all relating to the same subject, namely, the registration ()fall the proprietors of a newspaper at the Stamp-office. He should move that these clauses and the schedule be expunged from the Bill. The Noble Lord opposite would recollect that he had on a former occasion stated his insuperable 'objection to ' these clausci, and he would now show their Lordships that these clauses were altogether mine.Tsiary for the. protection of the public. These clauses had not, he un derstood, been introduced by any ,member of his .Majesty's_, Government, but by an individual or party professing ex treme liberal opinions, but. who knew nothinc , of the prin ciples .of liberty.—(A laugh.) The Noble Lord quoted the authority of Lord William Russell anti Mr. Sheridan against the plan of registering all the proprietors of a newspaper. If the Clauses to which he referred were intro duced, they would subject persons having no concern with the management of the paper to all manner of personal at tack and annoyance. It would compel them to withdraw their property from such spectilation, and would, as he had been assured by Mr. Baldwin, one of the pro prietors of the Standard, deteriorate his property 50 per cent., and all property of the same description. He denied that the omission of these clauses would be any infringement upon the privileges of the House of Commons. If it was, they could send up another Bill, omitting these clauses, and their Lordships would at once pass it, or what would be better, let them send up a Bill to take off the duty alto gether, and not keep up so extensive an establishment for the purpose of levying a paltry tax of a penny upon each:News paper. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose and was (LEFT SPEAKINCL.) We regret to learn that Mr. Justice Williatns has been twice taken seriously ill during his progress on the Wes tern Circuit. According to a statement made by the adminis tration of the hospitals and other jsylums for the poor in Paris, there are employed in these establishments, which amount in number to 28, in the medical department 75 phy sicians, 36 surgeons, 15 apothecaries, and 138 pupils or dressers ; in the general service of the wards 349 sisters of charity and novices, 206 nurses and under-nurses, and 1,236 servants ; in the ecclesiastical department, 30 chaplains, 1 sacristan, and 1 chorister ; in the building department, 14 architects and their subordinates ; for the contracts, 7 in spectors and receivers; for the service of the establishments 142 agents, stewards, clerks of offices, messengers, school masters and mistresses; and for the central administration 105 persons, of whom four are directors. The total of the persons employed is 2,422. The average of their stipends and salaries is only 418 f. each per annum. In 1834 the number of per sons in the asylums was 12,729. The number of sick in the hospitals was 66,521, of indigent persons relieved at their own dwellings 75,250, at the Foundling Asylums 16,417, and at the Orphan Asylum 1,037. The mortality among the chil dren was lin 4. Of the 66,521 sick admitted into the hos pitals, 56,862 were discharged cured, or by their own desire, and 4,534 remained under treatment at the end of the year. Only 5,305 died, that is, rather less than lin 12. The ave rage term of the stay of the patients in the hospitals was 25 days. During the 10 preceding years it had been 40 days. The average cost a-head for each day in all the hospitals was about If. 6:3c. The receipts for the year amounted to 11,320,490 E, and the expenses to 10,509,033 f. 24c. On the 23d ult. a thunderbolt fell on a house at Vellenon in the department of the haute Saone, and set it on fire. The flames spread with such rapidity that the inhabit ants had not even time enough to save their cattle. One wo man unfortunately perished amidst the ruins of the falling house, 18 of which fell a prey to the flames. JUDICIAL Pox.—The clerk of the Court, in calling over the names of the jurymen at the assizes, called one of the name of George Martin, when a gentleman immediately stepped into the box. The clerk asked him if his name was George Martin. He said his name was Martin George, and that Mr. Hobson had summoned him. " Oh, then," remarked Chief Justice Tindal, "as it's Hobson's choice, I suppose we must have you."—Suffolk Herald. VALUE OF TIME.—The National gives the fol lowing as an extract from a foreign paper :—" Lord Brougham, the most indefatigable man in * England, often does not quit his study before midnight, and lie is always up at four. Dr. Cotton Marther, who knew the value of time in everything, was never willing to lose a moment of it. To effect this purpose, he had written upon the door of his study, in large letters, " Be brief." Ursines, a professor in the University of Heidelberg : , wishing to prevent the idlers and babblers from interrupting him in his hours of study, had written at the entrance into his library, Friend, whoever you may be, who enter here, be quick with your business, or go away.' The learned Scaliger placed the following phrase upon the door of his cabinet My time is my estate.' The favourite maxim of Sbakspeare was, ' Consider time too pre cious to be spent in gossipping." Friends are the real rob bers of time,' said Lord Byron. An old attorney of Chatelet was accustomed to get rid of such of his clients as were impor tunate, or he had little to hope fiarn, by these words My good friends, time lust goes for nothing.' Sire, one word,' said a soldier one day to Frederick the Great, when presenting to him a request of a brevet of lieutenant. If you say two,' answered the Prince, I will have you hanged.' Sign,' re plied the soldier. The Monarch, surprised at his presence of mind, immediately granted his request." • A SKELEToN.—Considerahle excitement prevailed in Islington on Friday, by the following remarkable circum stance. A box was found at the door of the George the Fourth public-house, Liverpool-road, to be taken up by the Bedford waggon, which calls there, and several persons having seated themselves upon it, the top broke in and exposed to their view the complete skeleton of a man. Their surprise and conster nation were, as may be imagined, of no ordinary kind, and a report, with the quickness of lightning, spread for miles around that the remains of a murdered individual had been found. Overseers, beadles of the parish, policemen; and others, were soon stirring to unravel the mystery, and it was discovered, in the course of the morning, by Inspector Mil ler, and May, No. 90, of the N division, that the skeleton formerly belonged to Mr. Semple, surgeon, of the Upper road, Islington, and that he had made a present of it to Mr. Rose, a neighbour of his, whose wife objecting to have it any longer in the house, her husband had packed it up in the box, intending that it should be forwarded to a relative, Mr. \Vot ton, a snrgeon r itt Harrold, B4fordshire. ' The skeleton was removed to the vaults of the parish church, where it will re main until further 'inquiry has .been made. The Hull Packet has found a mare's nest, having, after much research, made the notable and very important dis covery that Colonel Thompson's name stands in the list of General Evans's British Legion as thus :—" Lieutenant- Colonels : •T. Perronet Thompson, unattached !" The Packet asks " whether the Hon. and GAllant MeMber holds a sine cure employment in the service of the Queen of Spain— whether General' Evans counts him among his Lieutenant- Colonels ?" and then with whimsical gravity'says, " we shall wait for a reply ;—the question may startle some of our readers." Startle nay, it will congeal their life-blood, and absolutely horrify them. 0 1 Colonel Thompson, cruel Colonel Thompson—" unattached !" Hoc flayitissimum est. SPANISH COURTESY.—The Spaniards are in ge neral the most amiable people in the world, and no one ever passes another on the road without wishing him good day, and without lifting his hat to those of better appearance ; ati:d they are nowhere more so than in the province we had just left, as, since our entry into Spain, every Spanish soldier and officer gave us a friendly welcome. Even the women did not omit the.usage ; and in the close of the . day, as we passed through the villages, it was pleasant to hear the sweet adios &mores ! vayan ustedes con Dios! But He found a harsher tone in Navarre, and every man passed his way with that sulky inde pendence which a true John Bull is taught from his youth to attain. —llonan't Don Carlos. THE GRAND BALL AT HERTFORD LODGE.— The Marquis of Hertford gave his fourth grand entertainment during the present season, orFriday night, at his villa in the Regent's Park : it was on tb'e - ame splendid arrangement as the preceding parties; but the company, owing to the depar tures from town, were less numerous. The grounds and fa cade of the buildings nest the lawn, the St. Dunstan's tower, terrace, pavilion, &c., were also illuminated with the same taste and splendour, as we have recently had occasion to de scribe, and the effect was delightful ; the weather proved ex tremely auspicious. The company began to arrive at ten o'clock; dancing commenced shortly after eleven o'clock, in the grand Russian ball-room, to the music of Weippert's band, who performed the most favourite quadrilles and waltzes, &c. At half-past one o'clock, a sumptuous supper was served up, consisting of the choicest viands and wines. Dancing was only suspended for a short interval, and was then sustained with great spirit until a late hour on Saturday morning. The Marquis of Douglas and Miss Strachan were amongst the most graceful and animated in the dance. The whole arrangements were made with much taste and judgment, under the direction of Mr. Mackay, of his Lordship's establishment. IVlcim EnE.—The Town Council of a place in the South of France have discovered, it seems, an armed chair in which Moliere used to sit, talk, and be shaved ; and which they therefore determined to send to Paris as a precious relic. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. • NORFOLK CIRCUIT: —.Nonwlex, Jua. Yesterday morning the Chief Justice opened the Yisi Prius Court for the city at the Guildhall, where there were only two causes, one of which was a Special Jury, which was not posSessed of any interest for the public. CROWN COUnt.—Williank Robert Fill, and Tho»zas Pightlinil, were indicted for stealing a ram, the property of W. W. Lee Warner, Esq. AgainSt Tuck the evidence chiefly relied on was a con fession of his own that he had stolen the ram in companY with Fitt (who pleaded guilty), and he was accordinglY found Guilty by the Jury. As concerned Pightling, how ever, the case stood thus. After the loss of the ram, Tuck (who is Pightling's son-in-law, and: was moreover at the time a lodger in his house) was appl'etended on suspicious and, sear.th being made in Pightling's premises, several por tions of mutton were found wrapped.up among some clothes in a chest claimed by Tuck's wife, while some other pieces were found lying on a shelf in Pightling's pantry. In addi tion to this he was proved to have been present with Tuck at Norwich when he was endeavouring to effect the sale Of some mutton which was proved to be tup mutton. Pightling was acquitted. Charles and Saul Mason were indicted for stealing a quantity or shoe leather, the property of J ane Croak , 4 widow of North Walsham, in this county. The principal witness against the. prisoners was the mother-in-law of Charles, who swore to overhearing a con versation between him and his brother, in which she heard the words, " Let us hide the leather in Mrs. Alison's loft, and then old widow Croak will not find it out." On' her cross-examination she denied having said to her daughter that she " was determined to transport h er hui.' band.," though she avowed her dislike to the connexion, and admitted that she had herself been tried, though acquitted , on a charge of felony. - The Jury acquitted both the prisoners, John Grey, aged 14, was indicted for robbing his grand father, Robert Grey, of six sovereigns and two half sove reigns ; and, John Huggins, aged 16,- and Robert Land , aged 15, were charged witil receiving a sovereign each, knowing them to have been stolen. The - facts were chiefly proved by the confession of the prisoners, who might perhaps but for that have escaped, as the witnesses against them were, without any exception, cl" cessively stupid ; one of whom, on being asked as a preli minary question " What are you ?" replied in a IT A OSt aIIII I W ing tone of voice, " I am a witnc ss ." The prisoners were all found Guilty. • REX V. JOHN PILGRIM. . _ _ At the last Assizes a struggle was made on behalf of Mr. Pilgrim, in opposition to an application by Mr. Sergeant STORKS to enlarge the recognizances entered into by the prosecutor in this ease, on account of the serious illness of the principal witness. This the Court then granted, and Mr. Sergeant STonics now moved that the recognizances might be altogether discharged, inasmuch as from the con tinued malady of the gentleman in question he could no t hold out the slightest prosp ec t o f hi s ever b e i ng able again to appear in public. The application was granted. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Auo. 5. REX v. This was a proceeding in the nature of an information of intrusion, by which the. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on behalf of the Crown, sought to recover possession of certain por tions of land, alleged to be encroachMents from the w aste of the manor of locoed., In 1836 th e Commissioners of Woods and Forests, acting under the Crown, sold, to James Watt, Esq., the manor of locoed, and a conveyance in general terms was made to him of all the rights which the Crown at that time possessed, the encroachments in question being specially scheduled and pointed out to Mr. Watt as part'of what he was to receive. A great number of persons who were in possession of encroachments acknowledged Mr. W a tt's title, and were allowed to retain possession upon payment of some small acknowledgment to him ; but some par. ties refused to do so, and among them the defendant, a sfr' licitor, residing at Presteign. In 1824 Mr. Watt brought an action of ejectment against a person named Morris, who held one of the alleged encroachments as tenant to the de fendant. The Court of Common Pleas, after hearing the special case argued, decided, in favour of the defendant. upon the ground that the encroachments had not passed to Mr. Watt by the conveyance made to him, but that they still remained in the Crown. Alr. Watt therefore called upon the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, of whom he had purchased, to make his title complete, it having been intended that by the conveyanpe to him the encroachments should pass. , The Commissioners of Woods and Forests instituted this proceeding to recover 'possession of the en - i croachments in question, in order th a t th ey m i g ht a ft erw ards convey them to Mr, Watt. The case, on the part of the Crown, consisted of much ancient documentary, as well as. parole, evidence. The jury returned a verdict for the Crown. THE WOOL TRADE.—The public gales of wool, the produce of the British colonies and other parts, having con" eluded, the following are the particulars of the averages - realised during their progress :—Between 5, of which 0 00 000 and 6, 000 bales were annou nce d f or pu bli c competition, were Australian an d V an Di emen ' s L and wools, a small P o ; tion from the Sw a n River and the c a p e o f G oo d H ope , an" the remainder principally German, Spanish, and Peruvian, fleeces. During the s a l es th ere was a f u ll attendance 01 buyers from the manufacturing districts, - and several agents to complete foreign orders were present. The Australian woo e are improved in fineness but were generally of short staple. The Van Diemen's Land choice descriptions, on the oth er hand, were fit for combing, and realised proportionately hig h prices. The following are the accurate averages obtained during the sales :—Austrian choice flocks from 2s. 6d, to 3 1 ( i 3d. per lb. ; good an d or di nary , 2s. to 2s. Bd. per ' l b . ; and wools in the grease from Is. sd. to Is. 9d. per lb. Van Die men's Land—the finest flocks, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 4d. per lb. ; or dinary and good fro m 2 s . to 2 s . B d . per lb . ; and in the gre ll l from Is. 3d. t o l s . 6d. per lb . The finer qualities embrace' all the best marks from .the colony. Eight bales o f Swill River wool fetch e d f rom 2 s . to 29. 4d. per lb. ; and Cape of Good Hope from 23. to 2s. 3d. per lb. On the average th e quotation of colonial Wools may be stated fully 2d. to 3d. Pe r lb. higher th an t h ose realised at the correspondin g p er iod of last year. -- ' -- T Y. TEAS OF, A SUPERIOR QU , ALL . 2, BUCK LERSBURY, CHEAPSITJE. Good Fall-flavoured Breakfast Tea 4s. ' L td. to 3s. 6 41 Per lb. Ditto, strong and rough Fine Pekoe kind, rich and strong.-- 'tit. 6d. to 4s. Bd. Rich Pekoe Souchong ss. Od. Fine Flowery Pekoe 6s. Od. . Good Green Tea Fine Hysou .. 55., ss. 6d., 6s. Od. Finest ditto Good Coffee Mocha ditto Small Boxe s , we i g hi ng 121 b. net, i mporte d expressly for Famil,e_, PLATE FOR HIRE.—A LARGE ASSOI II. AIENT OF PLATE is kept exclusively for LENDING; 9s/ portion of which may be had for the use of Parties, Dieners, at a very moderate charge, from T. COX SAVORY'S, Workl Goldsmith, Silversmith and Watchmaker, 47 Corehill, Lond,l; , N. B. A pamphlet maybe had gratis. containing a List of the Pi le of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c. 1312115. On the Ist A ugus t, a t Soutli B seal Castle, the lady of Wm. li °l Cope, Esq. . Rifle Brigad ( l, o f a (laughte r .. ' - r On the 23d ult., at Barow Cottage, near Rothsay, the lao . ° Major H. D, Robertson, East India C om p any ' s Company's Ser" e ' of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Sion Hill, Yorkshire, the lady of Joshua 7 Crompton, Esq., of a son and_heir. • la d y °f On the 7th i n st., at C onnaug h t-terrace, H y d e-par k , the 11,4 T. Hodges, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., at Hammersmith, the lady of A. Walfort l , l3 " l. ' of a daughter. On the 4th in s t., a t N ort h Ch urc h , H erts, t h e l a d y o f A . 11- Cooper, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Manadmi, Devon, the lady of the Rev. •• t • 111 Parlby, M.A., of a son. On the 3d inst., at Eden Hall, Lady Musgrave, of a daughter. MARRIED. • t On the 6th i ns t., a t St. G eorge ' s, H anover - square , Abra" to h George, eld es t son o f A. W. R o b arts, E sq., M . P ., to Elizabe i l . Sarah, eldest daughter of the lady Elizabeth and the late J. Smyth, Esq., of Heath, Yorkshire. 05 - On the 4th i ns t., a t Sh an kli n, I s l e o f Wi g h t, t h e R ev . S. Pt j , ser, of Joh n ' s C o ll ege, O x f or d , to E l i za, on l y daug h ter of 11". Williams, Esq., of Chatham-place, Hackney. teth On the 2d i ns t., S. W. Strickland, Esq., of South Hill, TO - it Park, Liverpo o l, t o Eli za b et h, youngest daughter of the late • I ' l Braneker, Esq., of Liverpool. On the 4th inst., at „St, Stephen's Church, near Canterboli the Rev. John 'White Vicar of Fairfield, and Perpetual Curat._?e Thanningto n , K en t, t o :Nary Ann, the eldest daughter of the g t , G. Baker, Es q ., o f St. Ste p h en ' s , an d gran d-d aug ht er o f the Very Rev. Gerrard Andrjws, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. t i t - On the 2d inst., ItiChard Bridget - flan Barrow, Esq., of Se.'l . well, Notts, second son of G. H. Barrow, Esq., f Ringwood 113 Derbyshire, to Mice Elikabeth, only daughter of W. J. May , P sq.' of Easthorpo, Southwe)l. DIED. On the 3d inst., at Woodmans, near King's Lanr,ley, E uus* wife of Bulkley S. M: Praed, Esq., aged 31. On the sth inst., at Compton-street, Brunsw 4 .ek-square, uno k..,r lotte, eldest (laughter of the late James Biandolt, Esq., Be " keeper of Covent-garden Theatre. of On the 4th inst., in Bedford-pace, Thomas Atkinson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, aged 81. f On the sth inst., in the Tow er , Willi am R es h ton , i n fant 5 ° W. Nicoll, Esq., of the Royal Mint On the 3d inst., at Wimbledon, Miss Whitelock. 61- On the 3d inst., Miss Randa//, of Castle Hill, Reading, 01 .1 j, On the 4th inst., at Ihtupton, aged 77, Elizabeth, wife " J. Schenck, Esq. On the sth hui., aged 36, Susannah, wife of Mr. W. of King-square, Newgate-street. On the 4th inst , Frances Cs.:oline, infant daughter of r•ton, On th Esqe., 28th of Car ,a o g l . imnle-at69pae.P;GuilAfoSilrd-street. slt Mole, Kent, vestra, r e lict of the R ev ! jr " Hutton, A,31. , London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , o f 11% Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 112, Strand, inthe C° 11 "" of Middlesex. TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1836.